Wichita’s largest employer plans to lay off as many as 450 hourly workers in the coming weeks. In an email sent to Spirit AeroSystems employees represented by the Machinists union and obtained ...

Spirit AeroSystems will furlough 700 employees in Wichita for 21 days starting Oct. 28, the company said Friday. The furloughs will affect employees working on the Boeing 767 and 777.

Spirit projected in the filing a write-off of more than $100 million for losses in the third quarter on the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 jet programs, citing higher supply chain and labor costs.

Boeing sold its Wichita and Oklahoma plants in 2005, creating a Spirit AeroSystems that was able to gain clients outside Boeing, though Boeing has always been the manufacturer's largest customer ...

Spirit, one of Wichita’s largest employers, has roughly 12,000 employees in Wichita, Buccino said. Airbus to acquire several sites, assets from Spirit AeroSystems. Here are details ...

Spirit’s peak Wichita employment was 13,200 before the worldwide grounding of the 737 MAX in 2019 after two crashes killed 346 people. Spirit currently has about 12,000 employees in Wichita.

Boeing is all set to acquire Spirit AeroSystems in an all-stock agreement valued at $4.7 billion. That’s not all, the plane manufacturer will also take on Spirit’s net debt, which will shoot ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Boeing’s acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems has sparked concerns about the economic impact on the Wichita area. As a major hub for the aviation industry, the acquisition ...

Between 250-350 employees at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita were notified Friday morning that their job will soon be furloughed for about a month because of a backlog, spokesperson Joe Buccino said ...